A wireless network system and a network address assigning method are
provided which are capable of reducing traffic occurring when an network
address is assigned to each of communication units making up a
tree-structure-type wireless network system.The wireless network system
includes a radio-relay station, a radio-relay station connected to the
radio-relay station and to another radio-relay station in a wireless
manner. The radio-relay station preserves a plurality of network
addresses to be assigned to these radio-relay stations, assigns a first
network address belonging to the plurality of network addresses to one
radio-relay station and an address pool making up the plurality of
network addresses collectively to the other radio-relay station. The
above radio-relay station preserves the address pool and assigns a second
network address belonging to the address pool to a wireless terminal. The
radio-relay station does not assign directly the network address to the
wireless terminal.